Coronavirus lockdown: How has it affected crime?

[laylalex 7,284]

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"It's really about opportunity," says Scott Decker, a professor emeritus at Arizona State University and the author of Burglars on the Job. "When we reduce opportunities for crime to take place, crime goes down."

People are no longer out and about in the same way. Instead they are hunkered down at home, following the recommendations of health experts. The "new normal", says Timothy Akers, a Morgan State University vice-president who focuses on epidemiological criminology, makes it harder for crooks to find people to beat and rob.

The result of less people in public is less crime.

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For some, however, the risk has increased. Police say that they are concerned about a rise in domestic abuse since people are spending more time at home, and tempers can flare. Some of the violence, says criminologist Scott Decker, has "shifted to inside homes".

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52416330

[Dashinka 24,489]

Kind of makes sense, public crime is down, home crime is up.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Auto deaths are down as well.  Kind of makes sense.

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

so if someone broke into your house because the stores were empty, and the homeowner shot them dead - would that be a covid-19 death?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

25 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

so if someone broke into your house because the stores were empty, and the homeowner shot them dead - would that be a covid-19 death?

Depends on how much the coroner was making per covid-19 death certificate?

[laylalex 7,284]

How are coroners supposed to be making money on finding COVID19 as a cause of death? It's not like they give them punch cards and after every 10th case they get a brown paper bag with a bunch of unmarked twenties.

[TBoneTX 45,267]

5 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Auto deaths are down as well.

Coded as Covid-19 deaths.